- 著者
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小松 光昭
村田 雅人
木暮 信一
- 出版者
- 一般社団法人 レーザー学会
- 雑誌
- レーザー研究 (ISSN:03870200)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.40, no.4, pp.285, 2012 (Released:2020-07-16)
- 参考文献数
- 17
This study clarifies the effect of low-power laser irradiation (LLI) on the muscle contraction of frog
gastrocnemius and provides further insights into the possibility of clinical applications at the mammal
level. When we used continuous wave LLI on the muscle contraction of frog gastrocnemius, the
retardation of tension attenuation was obtained by near-infrared LLI (808 nm, 100 mW). However, we
could not determine whether such retardation was based on the thermal or the photochemical effect of
LLI. Since a pulsed laser has the potential to discriminate such effects, we conducted the present
experiments. As a result, the pulsed LLI induced neither temperature increments nor retarded muscle
fatigue. Although a thermal effect on the retardation of muscle fatigue cannot be excluded, we conclude
that the photochemical action is dominant if the optical absorption and the temperature change of living
tissue are considered.